Colombia - List of fishes

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Abramites hypselonotus

15 cm

living in small groups

omnivorous

When searching for food, it often swims with it head bowed down. During breeding, the female deposits it eggs in areas where aquatic vegetation is dense.

Acarichthys heckelii

Cichlidae

18 cm

living in small groups

carnivorous

Acaronia nassa

Cichlidae

16 cm

living as a couple or alone

carnivorous

mojarra meta

Aequidens metae

10 cm

living as a couple

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

Aequidens tetramerus

Cichlidae

14 cm

living in small groups

carnivorous

Agamyxis pectinifrons

Doradidae

10 cm

solitary

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

Ammocryptocharax elegans

Crenuchidae

3 cm

solitary

carnivorous

chogorro

Andinoacara coeruleopunctatus

14 cm

living as a couple

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

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Anostomus ternetzi

10 cm

living in shoals

omnivorous with herbivorous tendency

Apistogramma agassizii

Cichlidae

5 cm

living as a couple or in a group

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

Apistogramma alacrina

Cichlidae

5 cm

living as a couple

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

Apistogramma bitaeniata

Cichlidae

4 cm

living as a couple

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

Apistogramma cacatuoides

Cichlidae

5 cm

living in small groups

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

Apistogramma elizabethae

Cichlidae

4 cm

living as a couple

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

Apistogramma hongsloi

Cichlidae

5 cm

living as a couple

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

Apistogramma iniridae

Cichlidae

7 cm

living as a couple

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

apistograma colaroja

Apistogramma macmasteri

4 cm

living as a couple or in a group

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

Apistogramma megaptera

Cichlidae

5 cm

living as a couple or in a group

omnivorous

Apistogramma pedunculata

Cichlidae

4 cm

living in small groups

omnivorous

Apistogramma steindachneri

Cichlidae

7 cm

living as a couple or in a group

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

Apistogramma viejita

Cichlidae

5 cm

living as a couple or in a group

carnivorous

black ghost

Apteronotus albifrons

38 cm

living in small groups

carnivorous

Asterophysus batrachus

Auchenipteridae

25 cm

solitary

carnivorous

Astyanax fasciatus

Characidae

12 cm

living in shoals

carnivorous

Axelrodia riesei

Characidae

2 cm

living in shoals

carnivorous

Biotodoma wavrini

Cichlidae

8 cm

living in small groups

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

rebeca

Biotoecus dicentrarchus

3 cm

living as a couple

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

Boehlkea fredcochui

Characidae

5 cm

living in shoals

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency and planctophage

Boulengerella maculata

Ctenoluciidae

28 cm

living as a couple or in a group

carnivorous

Brachyplatystoma tigrinum

Pimelodidae

50 cm

solitary

carnivorous

bujurqui

Bujurquina moriorum

10 cm

living as a couple or alone

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

marbled hatchetfish

Carnegiella strigata

3 cm

living in shoals

carnivorous

The female has a broader abdomen than the male. To escape predators, it can make impressive leaps out of the water and "fly" by using its pectoral fins. That is why it is recommended to keep it in a covered aquarium.

Centromochlus perugiae

Auchenipteridae

5 cm

living in small groups

carnivorous

Chaetostoma joropo

Loricariidae

12 cm

solitary

omnivorous

Cichla monoculus

Cichlidae

61 cm

solitary

carnivorous

Cichla ocellaris

Cichlidae

50 cm

living in shoals

carnivorous

Cichla orinocensis

Cichlidae

40 cm

living in colonies

carnivorous

banded puffer

Colomesus psittacus

25 cm

solitary

carnivorous

Colossoma macropomum

Serrasalmidae

70 cm

living in a group or alone

omnivorous with herbivorous tendency

Copella metae

Lebiasinidae

3 cm

living in small groups

carnivorous

Copella nattereri

Lebiasinidae

4 cm

living in small groups

carnivorous

bronze corydoras

Corydoras aeneus

6 cm

living in shoals

omnivorous

Small barbs located around its mouth enable it to search for food in the sand or mud. It goes regularly at the surface to breathe oxygen from the air. It acclimate easily to aquarium.

Corydoras ambiacus

Callichthyidae

4 cm

living in shoals

omnivorous

Corydoras arcuatus

Callichthyidae

4 cm

living in shoals

omnivorous

Corydoras axelrodi

Callichthyidae

4 cm

living in shoals

omnivorous

corredora

Corydoras cortesi

4 cm

living in shoals

omnivorous

false corydoras blochi

Corydoras delphax

5 cm

living in shoals

omnivorous

Corydoras elegans

Callichthyidae

5 cm

gregarious

scavenger

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